''Yerkir'' (, literally "Country") is the official newspaper of the Supreme Body of the
Armenian Revolutionary Federation
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation ( hy, Հայ Յեղափոխական Դաշնակցութիւն, ՀՅԴ ( classical spelling), abbr. ARF or ARF-D) also known as Dashnaktsutyun (collectively referred to as Dashnaks for short), is an Armenian ...
(ARF).
The first issue of ''Yerkir'' was published on August 27, 1991 in Yerevan. Since April 2002 it is also published in
Beirut
Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...
,
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...
, in
traditional Armenian orthography
Classical Armenian orthography, traditional orthography or Mashtotsian orthography ( in classical orthography and in reformed orthography, ''Hayereni tasagan ughakrutyun''), is the orthography that was developed by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th centu ...
.
The paper was published as an 8-page daily until the end of 2001. It reached its highest circulation (56,000 copies) in 1993–1994, the largest circulation of the Armenian press of the last ten years. In January 2002 (circulation 2,500 copies) ''Yerkir'' became a 20-page weekly.
On December 28, 1994 then President of Armenia
Levon Ter-Petrossian
Levon Hakobi Ter-Petrosyan ( hy, Լևոն Հակոբի Տեր-Պետրոսյան; born 9 January 1945), also known by his initials LTP, is an Armenian politician who served as the first president of Armenia from 1991 until his resignation in 1998 ...
banned the ARF by his decree. The ''Yerkir'' daily was also banned, as was ''Azatamart'' weekly (the official newspaper of ARF's Armenia Structure), the official newspaper of the ARF Bureau, and many other newspapers and magazines. Permission to relaunch ''Yerkir'' was given only in March, 1998.
''Yerkir'' is distributed in the CIS countries, as well as to the
Armenian diaspora
The Armenian diaspora refers to the communities of Armenians outside Armenia and other locations where Armenians are considered an indigenous population. Since antiquity, Armenians have established communities in many regions throughout the world. ...
. Many large libraries of the world carry the collections of the paper. The main objective of the paper is to cover the political, economic, educational, cultural and sport events on basis of impartiality and, when necessary, comment on these events.
The online edition carries articles in
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
,
Russian
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including:
*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
and
Armenian
Armenian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...
.
Editors in Chief
*Ashot Kerobian (1991)
*Abo Poghikian (1991)
*Aghvan Vardanian (1991–93)
*Eduard Harutiunian (1993)
*Hamlet Davtian (1994)
*Mushegh Mikaelian (1998–1999)
*Shaghik Marukhian (1999–2000)
*Hamlet Davtian (2000–2001)
*Gegham Manukian (2002–2004)
*Spartak Seyranian (March 2004–)
*
Bagrat Yesayan
{{div col end
See also
*
Yerkir Media
External links
Official website
Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Newspapers published in Armenia
Publications established in 1991